Southern Railway Co. v. Jacobs
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Brunswick county in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This suit was brought under the act of Congress, approved April 22, 1908, known as the “Employers’ Liability Act,” to recover of the Southern Eailwav Company damages for injuries sustained by the plaintiff while in the service of the company as fireman on a' freight train running between Lawrenceville and Pinner’s Point, Va. There was a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff, to which a writ of error was awarded.
The declaration shows that the defendant was, at the time of the injuries complained of, a common carrier engaged in interstate commerce;…
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